Picturing North America

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Handout
Vocabulary
  • Central America
  • Dependency
  • Greater Antilles
  • Lesser Antilles
  • Map Sketch
  • Mental Map
  • Political Map
  • West Indies
Monday
  1. When you picture a place in your mind, what kind of map are you making?
  2. Don't look at the map of North America. Which country is north of the U.S. and which country is south of the U.S.?
Tuesday
  1. Look at the shape of the United States on the map. Name two states that border the Pacific Ocean
  2. Look at the shape of the United States. Name two states that border Mexico.
Wednesday
  1. Study the seven countries that make up Central America. Turn over the map and list as many as you can remember.
  2. Which large island is part of North America, but belongs to a country in Europe? The island territory belongs to which country?
Thursday
  1. Picture Alaska within the borders of the contiguous United States. Is Alaska smaller, larger, or the same size as Texas?
  2. Which island that is labeled in the Greater Antilles is not a country, but rather a part of another country?
Friday
  1. Study the Greater Antilles island nations. Turn over the map and name as many as you can remember.
  2. Study the waterways that are labeled on the map. Turn over the map and name as many as you can remember.